Is Bioavailable Vitamin D Better Than Total Vitamin D to Evaluate Vitamin D Status in Obese Children?

• Main Authors: Gülin Karacan Küçükali (Author), Özlem Gülbahar (Author), Şervan Özalkak (Author), Hasan Dağlı (Author), Serdar Ceylaner (Author), Zehra Aycan (Author), Şenay Savaş Erdeve (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Galenos Yayincilik, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective:Free hormones are biologically more active in target tissues. Thus, measurement of vitamin D taking into account bioavailability and free vitamin D may be preferable, especially when evidence is contradictory, as in obese children. In order to assess bioavailablity and free vitamin D, usin...